sounded painful but not that serious until I heard it hit his femoral artery.  I am not a doctor, but IIRC that may be the third worse place to get hit (after the aorta and jugular) in terms of loss of blood.  That probably led to his coma (or forced the doctors to induce one) although details are pretty sketchy about his treatment.  One small piece of good news was in the latest update at the Washington Post's skins blog

Les Carpenter, who is working the story for us in Miami, heard rumblings that Sean may have opened his eyes.

I have not been able to get that confirmed but just heard from a team offical that Sean is now responsive, which is obviously a turn for the best. I will continue working away to get more details, but this is obviously a turn for the better after Sean spent much of the day in a "non-responsive and unconscious" state.

As the person put it: "Finally, the first good news all day." Let's hope it's the first of more to come.

UPDATE: Vinny Cerrato just called us with confirmation.

"He was responsive to the doctor's requests to squeeze his hands and showed facial expressions. The doctors were very happy about that," Cerrato said " ... Two doctors came and told us they were excited about that."

Cerrato also confirmed my earlier reports about Sean being "non-responsive and unconscious."
Cerrato said: "We'd heard all that and what they told us was to hope foir a miracle."

I'm following a lot of sources, so my facts may not be straight.  Our friends at Hogs Haven are doing a great job staying on top of the news.

Sean did lose a lot of blood from what seems to be two gunshot wounds.  One was near the groin, so I'm assuming he either had massive vascular bleeding from a genitillia wound, or a femoral bleed (the femoral artery is the major artery for the leg, it runs through the groin).  His blood loss and his continued unconsciousness are concerns about possible brain damage in some reports, but I think that's jumping the gun.  From what I've read he hasn't been conscious since the attack though.

For right now I feel optimistic.  He's out of surgery and in intensive care and I'm sure he's receiving excellent care.  If he were unstable I might expect him to still be in surgery.  If he is "serious" that is better than "critical".  As long as he is stable in either event he should pull through.

The fears about any brain damage from oxygen deprivation (from the blood loss) may just be because everything else is fine.  If he doesn't have any other major wounds (and I haven't read about any) that is the only thing left to worry about.  Without a brain injury (or emotional trauma associated from being a victim) he might even be ready to play before the end of the season.

It's too early to jump the gun.  Anything can happen at this point, good or bad.  It's nice to see some Cowboys fans and Broncos fans sending the love to Hogs Haven.  I again ask anyone with a moment to drop by their and give your prayers or regards.